Formal Elements
Ageratina altissima is also known as white snakeroot. It is a poisonous herb that grows perennially (for a relatively long time).
The common privet has little green berries. It is the caterpillar foodplant of the privet hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri.
Selfheal is edible and is a weed. It has been used as medicine by 17th century Europeans.
For the background, I used graphite and smudged it. Then I went in with black and grey pens to make the plant life stand out. Grouping of my plants created a dynamic spatial relationship between the larger plants and the small weeds. It gives more weight to the top left of my artpiece.


















